[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IN RECOGNITION OF MARY COLEMAN GILMER

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2005

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Mrs. Mary Coleman Gilmer on the celebration of her 100th birthday.
  Mrs. Gilmer was born January 24, 1905 in Monroe County, Alabama, and 
is the oldest of eleven siblings. In 1926 she married Gaddie Gilmer, 
and moved to Montgomery where the couple first lived. Mrs. Gilmer 
graduated from Alabama State Teacher's College in the 1940s.
  Mary Gilmer has been a servant of the Lord all her life, Mr. Speaker, 
having shared her love with family, friends and associates. She is 
known as a generous person, having given money and shelter to those in 
need over the years, all without want of recognition or thanks for her 
deeds.
  Mary Gilmer is an active Christian, and has served as Minister of 
Music for the Shiloh Baptist Church Choir, the Branch Grove Missionary 
Baptist Church Choir, the St. James Missionary Baptist Church Choir in 
Deatsville, and the Revelation Missionary Baptist Church Choir. She is 
also a former member of the Old Ship of the Eastern Star Lodge #343.
  To this day, Mrs. Gilmer still walks to St. James Baptist Church and 
frequently appears on many community programs such as the Nat King Cole 
Society program and the Montgomery Tuskegee Times Black History Awards 
Banquet. She also loves playing the piano.
  Let us all pause to honor Mrs. Mary Coleman Gilmer today, Mr. 
Speaker, and join in the celebration of this blessed milestone in her 
long and fruitful life.

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